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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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I understand him talking about it, and I am not condemning him for it, of course. What concerns me is the blatant lack of truth to what he says.

Sure, you can call al-Qaeda 'evil' and wrong. Thats all good and dandy. But fascist? Hardly. Fascism requires strong nationalism. Nationalism requires a state in order to exist. Al-Qaeda is NOT a state. It is a terrorist organization. They are hardly the same, and he is making a serious error if he hopes to liken WWII with our current war. They are not the same, nor should they be treated the same.

In addition, al-Qaeda does not seek to destroy the world nor dominate it's people. Al-Qaeda and most other terrorist organization's hatred toward the west is deeply rooted into history. Research the history of the middle east and the role we had in it after WWII. You will find that their hatred towards us is not completely unfounded (NOTE: Do not mistake this for me agreeing with them...).

Iran is a totally different story, although the same applies to them hatred wise. And these 'Islamic fascist' remarks are not making them like us any better.

Furthermore, Arab and Persian hatred towards Jews is completely different than the German's. Arabs and Persans hate the jews because they feel they have taken their land. Germans hated the jews because of a widespread propaganda campaign pinning the depression of Germany on them. In fact, the middle east has a history of actually embracing jews (the recent Ottoman Empire).
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